Bombay High Court
HARPREET MANSUKHANI SAIGALversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS.
- Decided
- Disposal
- Allowed To be withdrawn
Holding
A party‑in‑person may be permitted to assist counsel, and the interim application seeking such permission is allowed.
Summary
In a criminal writ petition (W.P. No. 1612 of 2025) before the Bombay High Court, Ms. Harpreet Mansukhani Saigal, appearing in person, sought permission to assist the learned counsel, Shri Nilesh Ojha, representing the petitioner, Satish Salian. The interim application was filed to obtain the court's approval for such assistance. The court examined whether a party‑in‑person could be permitted to aid counsel in the proceedings. Finding no legal impediment, the judges allowed the request and ordered that the interim application be withdrawn. Consequently, the application was disposed of, and the party‑in‑person was permitted to assist the counsel.
Issues considered
- Whether a party‑in‑person may be permitted to assist counsel in a criminal writ petition
Subjects
- interim application
- assistance to counsel
- party-in-person
- criminal writ petition
- Bombay High Court
Judgment
Gokhale 1 of 2 6-IA-2392-25
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 2392 OF 2025
IN
CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 1612 OF 2025
Harpreet Mansukhani Saigal ..Applicant
IN THE MATTER BETWEEN:
Satish Salian ..Petitioner
Versus
State of Maharashtra & Ors. ..Respondents
__________
Ms. Harpreet Mansukhani Saigal, Applicant-in-person present.
Mr. Nilesh Ojha a/w. Abhishek Mishra, Vijay Kurle, Partho Sarkar,
Shivchand Mishra, Ishwarlal Agarwal, Meena Thakur, Anushka
Sonawane, Devkrishna Bhambri, Shivam Gupta, Ayush Tiwari,
Sonal Manchekar, Priyanka Sharma, Dipeeka Patil, Ranjeet Yadav,
Jairam Yadav, Sumer Singh and Kamlesh Soni for Petitioner in
W.P./1612/2025.
__________
CORAM : SARANG V. KOTWAL &
RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, JJ.
DATE : 24 AUGUST 2026
PC :
1. The party in person who appears in this Interim
Application does not press this interim application. She seeks
permission to assist Shri. Nilesh Ojha, learned counsel for the
Digitally
signed by
VINOD
VINOD BHASKAR
BHASKAR GOKHALE
GOKHALE Date:
2026.08.25
18:06:27
+0530
2 of 2 6-IA-2392-25
Petitioner in Writ Petition No.1612 of 2025.
2. Considering her request, this interim application is
allowed to be withdrawn. She is permitted to assist learned
counsel Shri. Nilesh Ojha.
3. The Interim Application is disposed of.
(RANJITSINHA RAJA BHONSALE, J.) (SARANG V. KOTWAL, J.)
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